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Date:      Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:30:28 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
Cc:        stan <stanb@panix.com>, Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ssh and X11 problem
Message-ID:  <1230748228.28408.7.camel@orion>
In-Reply-To: <44sko4ql37.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
References:  <20081231173517.GA22363@teddy.fas.com> <1230745308.28408.2.camel@orion> <20081231175429.GB22662@teddy.fas.com> <1230746298.28408.5.camel@orion>  <44sko4ql37.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>

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On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 13:02 -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> No, Stan is right; an X server is only needed on the machine that
> actually hosts the display.
> 
> The xauth error message are indicating the problem, but I don't
> know what they're telling us.  The hostname should probably be
> "localhost", and sshd_config is set up to do that by default.
> 

Right.  The host is hosting the display -- his Linux machine is the
client *to* the Xserver. 

-- 
Glen Barber
"Tell me and I forget.  Teach me and I remember.  Involve me and I
learn." - Benjamin Franklin




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